Is it the End of the World?

Kristallnacht…”The Night of Broken Glass”

This weekend marks the 75th anniversary of the infamous Nazi terror unleashed against German and Austrian Jews. As retribution for the assassination of a Nazi official in Paris, Germans murdered Jews and destroyed their property—including synagogues—on the night of November 9-10, 1938. The world had already capitulated to Hitler’s insane demands, and the Jews of Europe were in the middle of reaping that whirlwind.

I fear a return to those days of open hatred of Jews is upon us again. Blood libels—accusations of Jews murdering gentiles—are reaching fever-pitch in much of the international community. The Arabs and many Europeans practice anti-Semitism, medieval-style.

Sadly, there is for the first time in modern history a trend toward marginalizing Israel…among her traditional strong defenders: Evangelicals.

One year ago on his “storylineblog” site, popular author Donald Miller (“Blue Like Jazz”) accused Israelis of murdering Palestinians. He provided zero documentation, and the blog post now is listed on the site’s most popular. I have asked several times for Mr. Miller to provide documentation, but none has been forthcoming.

It is very true that such demonizing of Israel and Jews leads directly to hostilities breaking-out against Jews. The historical record is stained with their blood.

Even Southern Baptist Convention spokesman Dr. Russell Moore has described the Church as the “New Israel,” a distinctly wrong theological view that further marginalizes modern Israel.

In the lead-up to the Nazis, the so-called “German Christian Movement” sanitized Jewish history from church teachings, and the Old Testament was virtually ignored.

Some in our world today have said that it is 1938 again. A most chilling pronouncement.

Rebels Without a CauseThose who dismiss the late James Dean as merely a brooding, self-absorbed young actor miss the point, I think.
Dean, who evidently suffered both from the early loss of his mother and from abuse at the hands of a trusted clergyman, really was Jim Stark in many respects. The Nicholas Ray-directed f

The King of ZionismEach year, various groups and individuals seek to politicize the memory of Martin Luther King, on the national holiday in his honor.
So I will, too.
Perhaps a little-known fact about “MLK” is that he was a strong supporter of the Jewish state. In Israel, he saw hope for the future, and a s

Kay Wilson—Choosing LifeToday marks the fourth anniversary of the horrific Palestinian terror attack on my friend, Kay Wilson, and her friend, Kristine Luken. Kay survived, somehow; Kristine, a Christian, did not.
Their attackers targeted them because they were looking to kill Jews. Ironically, Kristine was a person who

Jesus UnmaskedJesus Christ…the most famous figure in world history.
According to the apostle John:
“Jesus did many other things as well. If every one of them were written down, I suppose that even the whole world would not have room for the books that would be written.” (John 21:25)
Yet, for all Hi

Rewarding the InnovatorsUntold News, an Israel advocacy group based in New York, is making headway explaining the marvelous innovations produced by the Jewish state. To add a fine point to the popularity of the Untold News platform (now with more than 350,000 “likes” on Facebook), founder Marcella Rosen has announced t

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Is It the End of the World?

by Jim Fletcher

Biblical reflections on a world that's lost its mind. Jim is a writer, editor and lecturer with books published on the topics of Bible prophecy and college football. He is director of the Christian apologetics group, Prophecy Matters (www.prophecymatters.com) and has a degree in journalism.